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On plane waiting to escape America back to Canada. My flight started boarding an hour early, at an extreme speed I have never seen in my 34 years of pretty constant flying. No Roni screening of any kind yet though, maybe they'll be doing it on the ground in Toronto?
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So, like millionaires who still have jobs will be getting the same amount as people one month away from homelessness? That sounds unbelievably dumb.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:51
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pixaal posted:So far most countries have been doing special flights just for their citizens, if the US closes the borders there will be a last flight out with a warning. Think about the panic of "my mother is stuck in Mexico for an unknown period of time living in a hotel room while a plague ravages the planet". We're going to minimize that and at least make the live in a hotel for 3 weeks be on US soil. so no chopper rescues like the end of the Vietnam war?
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Mar 18, 2020 16:52
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schmug posted:nice. they're close to 70. gonna need a pornhub title for that tia Getting Cleaned Out In The Pool
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Mar 18, 2020 16:52
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CarlosTheDwarf posted:Dr Drew calls corona "This little outbreak", downplays it: Dr. Drew has been relentless in proving himself to be a piece of poo poo for a while now. Good-ish news? https://twitter.com/KrutikaKuppalli/status/1240283339484872705
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Mar 18, 2020 16:54
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schmug posted:nice. they're close to 70. gonna need a pornhub title for that tia cabana boy eats all the prunes? I think we can do better
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Mar 18, 2020 16:54
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Drunk Nerds posted:So, like millionaires who still have jobs will be getting the same amount as people one month away from homelessness? It's easier & faster to do it this way. Millionaires are such a small percent of the population that it doesn't change the numbers much, and if you start to put income caps in place and don't account for "how do I calculate income to make sure I'm not excluding someone who had a high income on last report but lost their job or went bankrupt etc + all edge cases" you sign up for a weird logistical hurdle that limits the effectiveness of both designing and implementing a thing, and slows it all down, and conversely makes it more expensive.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:56
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speng31b posted:It's easier & faster to do it this way. Millionaires are such a small percent of the population that it doesn't change the numbers much, and if you start to put income caps in place and don't account for "how do I calculate income to make sure I'm not excluding someone who had a high income on last report but lost their job or went bankrupt etc + all edge cases" you sign up for a weird logistical hurdle that limits the effectiveness of both designing and implementing a thing, and slows it all down. Like my income is p good but I ended a contract just as everyone was going into hiding so I technically didn't lose my job to coronavirus but if this goes on for 2 years or whatever I will absolutely need money.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:57
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Bamabalacha posted:On plane waiting to escape America back to Canada. My flight started boarding an hour early, at an extreme speed I have never seen in my 34 years of pretty constant flying. No Roni screening of any kind yet though, maybe they'll be doing it on the ground in Toronto? My flight from MSP to YVR yesterday had 20 people on a 747. Didn't bother with boarding priority, got all the free snacks, liquor was not free. The airlines are probably going to cease operations entirely by Friday, anyone not coming home today is loving insane.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:58
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Old Boot posted:Dr. Drew has been relentless in proving himself to be a piece of poo poo for a while now.
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Mar 18, 2020 16:58
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Old Boot posted:Dr. Drew has been relentless in proving himself to be a piece of poo poo for a while now. 10 days is a long time, like maybe for the most worst people does covid last 10 days? Also isn't this poo poo really bad for you? Like RIP your eyes?
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Mar 18, 2020 16:59
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Drunk Nerds posted:So, like millionaires who still have jobs will be getting the same amount as people one month away from homelessness? Americans are incapable of handling this in a non-dumb way thanks to 50 years of propaganda and 30 years of calling anything that benefits the average American in any way "muh socialism!!!!" and besides, still a better use of money than tossing it impotently into the dumpster fire that is the economy.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:01
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tater_salad posted:10 days is a long time, like maybe for the most worst people does covid last 10 days? But no one cares about the side effects oh you wont die from it! They can just inject you with this poo poo that will make you blind no big deal.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:02
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tater_salad posted:10 days is a long time, like maybe for the most worst people does covid last 10 days? It takes like 3 weeks to die with treatment, thats part of the problem. "RIP your eyes" is after years, they use it for malaria and chronic conditions so people eat it for decades. Eye damage is 7.5% at 5 years and 20% at 20 years worst case from what I googled up.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:02
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tater_salad posted:10 days is a long time, like maybe for the most worst people does covid last 10 days? Yeah it's a powerfully bad thing in those quantities, it's basically Chemo for Malaria. If that's the best we can come up with (and it is, we're not getting a vaccine anytime soon) we're hosed.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:02
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Old Boot posted:Dr. Drew has been relentless in proving himself to be a piece of poo poo for a while now. Isn't this the stuff that has the 1% likelihood of making you go blind?
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Mar 18, 2020 17:04
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Rime posted:My flight from MSP to YVR yesterday had 20 people on a 747. Didn't bother with boarding priority, got all the free snacks, liquor was not free. I'm flying out of Palm Beach and the flight is completely sold out, mostly with snowbird olds escaping. My parents and their friends who also live down here in the winter are all scrambling to get the handful of seats that are still available on the flights back Canada. We've been holding for 10 minutes waiting for one loving dude lol.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:04
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Isn't this the stuff that has the 1% likelihood of making you go blind? 1% chance of blindness vs 2% chance of death.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:07
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John_A_Tallon posted:1% chance of blindness vs 2% chance of death. I'll take the chance on death, thanks. Being blind would ruin my entire life and I doubt I'd survive that long as a blind man.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:11
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speng31b posted:It's easier & faster to do it this way. Millionaires are such a small percent of the population that it doesn't change the numbers much, and if you start to put income caps in place and don't account for "how do I calculate income to make sure I'm not excluding someone who had a high income on last report but lost their job or went bankrupt etc + all edge cases" you sign up for a weird logistical hurdle that limits the effectiveness of both designing and implementing a thing, and slows it all down, and conversely makes it more expensive. This, and depending on how much stimulus they end up deciding on, it may get "paid back" via tax filing in 2021 based on 2020 income. So those that need it keep it, and those above say $150k or whatever get a 1 year no interest loan. Whoria Discordia posted:and besides, still a better use of money than tossing it impotently into the dumpster fire that is the economy. Lol well they're expecting the money to be spent basically immediately sooooo it's still tossing it into the dumpster fire. angryrobots fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Mar 18, 2020 |
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Mar 18, 2020 17:11
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Isn't this the stuff that has the 1% likelihood of making you go blind? See above. Blindness is typically after years of daily use, IIRC.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:12
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There’s a live press briefing and the president is talking like a god damned third grader.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:14
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Rime posted:The airlines are probably going to cease operations entirely by Friday, anyone not coming home today is loving insane. QFT Those that get stuck away from home if the shutdown occurs should get no sympathy at this point. You have to be completely oblivious to not recognize the knock on effects to the airlines. I just hope it’s done in a somewhat controlled manner as opposed to the 9/11 “ground stop everything”.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:16
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John_A_Tallon posted:1% chance of blindness vs 2% chance of death. Get the facts straight. For me, I'm at ? 8% if I get this in a month I figure Maybe worse Its 10 days of it the malarial drug If I had a 1% chance of blindness I'd do it, suicide is fast
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Mar 18, 2020 17:17
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This seems to be a new one: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china
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Mar 18, 2020 17:18
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has chuck tingle written Pounded In The Butt By A Novel Coronavirus yet
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Mar 18, 2020 17:18
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schmug posted:nice. they're close to 70. gonna need a pornhub title for that tia Anal Destruction 13: MILF's in Mexico
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Mar 18, 2020 17:19
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The Walrus posted:has chuck tingle written Pounded In The Butt By A Novel Coronavirus yet he's written Not Pounded In The Butt By Anything
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Mar 18, 2020 17:20
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Cacator posted:This seems to be a new one: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china This is what I have been saying. ANY treatment that makes it less deadly, combined with a massive testing program Boom America is not unrecognizable at Christmas
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Mar 18, 2020 17:21
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Rolo posted:There’s a live press briefing and the president is talking like a god damned third grader. So a particularly articulate day.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:21
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Old Boot posted:See above. Blindness is typically after years of daily use, IIRC. Does anyone remember the before time, with previous executive press briefings did every speaker give credit for everything directly to the president? It's very "our dear leader" and quite gross.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:22
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pixaal posted:It's actually looking like 2 1k checks one each month are getting approved. Lol trump will still run on a platform of opposing socialism after literally handing out free money
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Mar 18, 2020 17:24
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Kerosene19 posted:Those that get stuck away from home if the shutdown occurs should get no sympathy at this point. It should provide some excellent schadenfreude though, pretty much exactly the same as cruise ship passengers who get off a port to do some sightseeing and get stranded because they didn't return to the ship in time and it left without them. You were warned this would happen if you hosed around, but you still hosed around!!! It was incredibly obvious to everyone except you, you idiots!!!
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Mar 18, 2020 17:25
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Lambert posted:It's obvious in retrospect we could have slowed or even stopped the spread had we stopped flights earlier and quarantined ourselves after the Wuhan situation was known about publicly. But that wasn't politically feasible. We are doing it now, doing it earlier would have been way more effective. that the virus originated in China is beyond any reasonable doubt and pretending otherwise is irresponsible and ridiculous what the US should have done but didn't is test thoroughly, and we didn't do that because Trump wanted the numbers to stay low. that's it. it's all public knowledge and publicly stated by Trump himself. any deflections of blame or responsibility he tries to make are pathetic and nauseating based on these grounds alone
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Mar 18, 2020 17:26
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speng31b posted:It's easier & faster to do it this way. Millionaires are such a small percent of the population that it doesn't change the numbers much, and if you start to put income caps in place and don't account for "how do I calculate income to make sure I'm not excluding someone who had a high income on last report but lost their job or went bankrupt etc + all edge cases" you sign up for a weird logistical hurdle that limits the effectiveness of both designing and implementing a thing, and slows it all down, and conversely makes it more expensive. Millionaires are about 15% of the population so it's not uncommon at all but it's still a stupid hassle to gauge net worth over two checks.
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about 11% of US households have a total net worth of over $1m most of that is in the house i would guess for a large proportion of those
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Mar 18, 2020 17:28
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My houseguests are desperately trying to get home. Spent all day on hold to change one flight at significant cost and now the connecting flight is cancelled. They're gonna be stuck here forever.
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Rolo posted:There’s a live press briefing and the president is talking like a god damned third grader. So just like any other day then. Edit: Beaten better above.
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Mar 18, 2020 17:29
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Mozi posted:about 11% of US households have a total net worth of over $1m a lot of this is people who bought a 200k house that shot up to 700k isnt it like in my old neighborhood houses gained 30% a year for a long time
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Drunk Nerds posted:So, like millionaires who still have jobs will be getting the same amount as people one month away from homelessness? To be fair, it is a good way to ensure that it's not bogged down by bureaucracy and means testing, and will be quicker to deploy
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